Tag: priests
Pope to priests: Best place to be is among the people
VATICAN CITY — Just as Jesus always sought to be with the people to serve, teach and heal them, so, too, must priests always...
Cardinal Tobin: African priests, religious in U.S. make big contribution
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The presence in the United States of about 3,000 priests and religious from countries in Africa is a great contribution...
‘It saved my life,’ priest says about Michigan addiction treatment center
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Statistics gathered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services indicate 11.5 million people misused prescription opioids in 2016.
Some...
Filipino priests encouraged to ‘be unafraid,’ support fellow immigrants
HOUSTON -- Part reunion, part crash course in Catholic teaching and navigating the current political climate both in the U.S. and back home in...
Church in Kerala, India, forms support group for transgender people
COCHIN, India — The church in India’s Kerala state has formed a group of priests, nuns and laypeople to respond to the pastoral needs...
Almost 600 students attend third annual diocesan Vocations Day
Bishop Malooly, the Office of Priestly and Religious Vocations and the Office for Catholic Schools hosted the Third Annual Vocations Day at Holy Cross...
Pope: Good priests don’t own gloves, they get their hands dirty
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Like the Good Shepherd, good priests do not privatize their time and demand to be left alone, but...
Chrism Mass in St. Peter’s: Pope leads priests, bishops, cardinals in...
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY — Priests must identify with people who are excluded and not be blinded by complex theology, an excessively “bubbly” and...
Grand jury finds priests abused hundreds of children in Altoona-Johnstown diocese
ALTOONA, Pa. — Hundreds of children were sexually abused over at least 40 years by priests and other religious leaders in the Diocese of...
Ministry in Syria is about keeping hope alive, priests say
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY — Even in the midst of constant bombing, Jesuit and Salesian priests remain in war-torn Aleppo, Syria, trying to create...